Reflectors

Precision Digital Optics

With many years of experience in flashlight optical design, ACEBEAM’s custom-engineered high-efficiency alloy reflectors ensure every flashlight emits a balanced beam profile of both flood and throw with minimal loss of light. All ACEBEAM reflectors are protected by AR-coated, anti-scratch mineral glass lenses.

Flashlight reflector

Similar to a domestic lampshade, these reflectors are fixed to an artificial light source (for example, a filament bulb or flash tube) to direct and shape the otherwise scattered light, reflecting it off their concave inner surfaces and directing it towards the scene to be photographed. Although there are a large number of variants, the most common types are:1spherical, short-sided, giving a relatively broad spread of light;2parabolic, providing a tighter, parallel beam of light.

The reflector factor is the ratio of the illumination provided by a lamp fitted within a reflector to the illumination provided without any reflector fitted. A matte reflector will typically have a reflector factor of around 2, due to its more diffuse effect, while a polished or metallic-finished reflector may have a factor of up to 6